Analytical Geochemistry Lab Tech II — Growth & PTO

Intertek CEA

Houston, Northern (TX, KY)

Hybrid

USD 60,000 - 85,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k) with company match

PTO & sick time

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions, seeks a Laboratory Technician II – Analytical Geochemistry to join our Houston team. You will perform sampling, preparation, testing, and data entry to ensure high-quality laboratory services.

The role requires 3+ years of lab experience with GC/GC-MS/HPLC, strong Excel skills, and the ability to troubleshoot instrumentation while maintaining safety and quality standards. Intertek offers comprehensive benefits and career growth.

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in Chemistry, Petroleum Engineering, Geosciences or extensive relevant experience.
3+ years laboratory experience, including familiarity with GC, GC-MS, GC-FID, GC-SCD and GC-TCD operations and/or HTGC, HPLC.
Ability to troubleshoot and perform unassisted routine maintenance of GC systems; mechanical aptitude and data acquisition software experience.
Experience with analytical instrumentation for crude oil characterization; Karl Fischer, IFT, MW, SARA, extractions.
Basic knowledge of macro as it applies to Agilent ChemStation is a plus.
Strong MS Excel skills for processing data files.
Positive attitude, good tolerance for pressure, and ability to multitask on several projects.
Ability to work with diverse personalities.

Responsibilities

To receive, examine, and record through a log-in process, inbound items for testing.
To deliver test samples to the sample staging area.
To monitor the availability of the supplies needed for the testing processes, and to make any needs for such supplies known to Laboratory Management.
To prepare samples and quality control specimens, to prepare and standardize reagents and solutions, and to calibrate equipment needed for the testing processes.
To perform testing of samples and quality control specimens using specified methodology.
To verify and communicate the results obtained, and to make the appropriate entries into instrument logs, control charts, calibration records, laboratory worksheets, and any other media, whether print or electronic, required to ensure the validity and traceability of the information.
To maintain documentation, equipment, and work areas in a neat and orderly condition.
To assist in the training of less experience employees.
To carry out the above responsibilities, and all others which may be assigned, in a manner demonstrating support for and adherence to the Company’s Safety Policy and Procedures, Quality Policy and Procedures, Ethics Policy, Environmental Management System, Vision and strategy, and to exercise good judgment, commons sense, and diplomacy in so doing.